Product Release Deprecation Notices
January, 2008
Dear Valued Customer,
DataDirect Technologies' strategy is to deliver the highest value products with the most up-to-date technology available. DataDirect Technologies' general policy is to provide support for the current release of our product and the immediately prior release. With each new release, we drop support for older versions and platforms.
This table provides the end of life date for the Shadow product line:
Product Version | End of Life Date |
OCA-Commit * | CA-IDMS-16 * |
Shadow ODBC/JDBC Client 3.8 and below | 06/01/05 |
Shadow Server 4.5 and below | 06/01/05 |
OCA 2.0 and below | 09/01/05 |
ClientBuilder 7.5.0 and below | 12/31/05 |
ServiceBuilder 3.4.4 and below | 12/31/05 |
z/Services 1.8 and below | 12/31/05 |
Shadow ODBC/JDBC Client 3.9 | 08/31/06 |
Shadow Direct Server 4.8 | 08/31/06 |
z/Services 2.1 and below | 08/31/06 |
Shadow Web Server 4.8 | 04/30/07 |
Shadow Direct Server 5.1 | 01/01/08 |
Shadow ODBC/JDBC Client 5.1 | 01/01/08 |
Shadow Studio 1.2.1 and below | 01/01/08 |
OCA-MQ Series for VSE | 06/08/08 |
* OCA-Commit will be supported for IDMS V15 and below. IDMS V16 has two-phase commit supported included with the product.
To ensure the best performance, functionality, and reliability, we strongly recommend that you plan to upgrade to the current product release. We offer a variety of support options that can assist you with implementing the most effective migration path for your organization.
Thank you for being our valued customer and we look forward to continuing to support your mainframe SOA and data connectivity needs.
Sincerely,
Jeffrey Overton
Senior Product Marketing Manager, Shadow Products
DataDirect Technologies
